Title: Tamara Grigsby Papers
Inclusive Dates: 2005-2013

Creator:

• Grigsby, Tamara D., 1974-2016

Call Number: Mss 1167

Quantity: 3.0 cubic feet (3 records center cartons)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Tamara Grigsby, a Democratic Wisconsin State Assemby representative from the 18th District from 2005 to 2013. Papers are exclusively related to Grigsby's time in office and include notes, correspondence, legislative committee meeting minutes and agendas, research, and subject files. Files related to the 2009-2011 Wisconsin State Budget make up the bulk of the collection. Grigsby's participation in the Joint Finance Committee is also heavily represented.

Language: English

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Born in 1974, Tamara Grigsby grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. She attended Howard University, a prestigious black college in Washington, D.C., for her bachelor’s degree and received her master’s in social work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After graduation, Grigsby worked as a family social worker in Milwaukee for a number of years. During this time, she also worked as a program manager for the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families. In 2005, Grigsby was elected as a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the Assembly’s 18th district.

During her time in office, Grigsby served on various standing committees including the Joint Committee on Finance, Children and Families Committee, Joint Committee on Legislative Council, Homeland Security and Tourism. She also participated in Special Committees on High-Risk Juvenile Offenders, Justice Reinvestment Initiative Oversight, and Strengthening Wisconsin Families. Grigsby sponsored bills on housing and employment discrimination, voters’ rights, and penalties for drug violations. In 2013, Grigsby retired from the State Assembly to focus on her health. Then she worked as an ad hoc professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and retained her position with the Wisconsin Council for Children and Families.

Tamara Grigsby died on March 14, 2016.

The collection mostly documents Grigsby’s activities and research related to her time in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Organized by subject, the papers are made up of three series: COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES, LEGISLATIVE SUBJECT FILES, and INVESTIGATIONS.

COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES is comprised of files related to Grigsby’s participation in the Racial Disparities Task Force, Legislative Council on Affirmative Action, and the Legislative Council Regional Transport Authority Study Committee. Agendas, communication, minutes, research files, and notes are the types of documents included in this series.

LEGISLATIVE SUBJECT FILES are organized by bill or legislative measure. Much of this series is comprised of documents related to the 2009-2011 the biennial state budget for Wisconsin. As a member of the Joint Finance Committee, Grigsby helped prepare the Committee’s version of the state budget in 2008. State budget documents are divided into five volumes that reflect Grigsby’s original organization of the files. These papers are mostly Budget Summary Documents prepared by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, a non-partisan service agency of the Wisconsin Legislature that provides fiscal and program analyses to the legislature. Budget Issue Papers submitted by various state agencies to the legislature are included in with the budget documents. Files in this sub-series are organized by agency. The remaining Legislative Subject Files are related to various pieces of legislation that the Assembly considered from 2008-2012. Larger sub-series are related to the State’s elimination of tax incentives for film productions in Wisconsin, legislation related to the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, and the dismantling of Wisconsin’s Regional Transport Authorities.

INVESTIGATIONS is comprised of Grigsby’s research into the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program, which assists low-income families to afford childcare. The program came under investigation in 2009 after the Legislative Audit Bureau found several instances of fraud committed by Wisconsin Shares Program participants. The program came under fire due to poor oversight and mismanagement. In 2010, Grigsby cosponsored legislative measures to improve the program. Documents include written testimony as well as Grigsby’s notes.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Tamara Grigsby, 2014. Accession Number: M2014-094

Processing Information

Processed by Adrienne Evans (archives intern), 2014

Mss 1167	Series: Committee Activities
	Racial Disparities Task Force
Box   1 Folder   1	Agendas
Box   1 Folder   2	Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities
Box   1 Folder   3	Communication
Box   1 Folder   4	Handouts
Box   1 Folder   5	Letters
Box   1 Folder   6	Meeting, 2007 July 13
Box   1 Folder   7	Minutes
	Legislative Council Study on Affirmative Action
Box   1 Folder   8	Affirmative action on government jobs
Box   1 Folder   9	Affirmative action in higher education
Box   1 Folder   10	History of affirmative action
Box   1 Folder   11	Ku Klux Klan endorsement
Box   1 Folder   12	Minority contracted
Box   1 Folder   13	Q and A
Box   1 Folder   14	Legislative Council Regional Transport Authority Study Committee
	Series: Legislative Subject Files	⇧
	2009-2011 Budget Volume I
Box   1 Folder   15	List
Box   1 Folder   16	Education communication
Box   1 Folder   17	Court of Appeals
Box   1 Folder   18	2009 April 21
Box   1 Folder   19	Financial institutions
Box   1 Folder   20	Environmental improvements
Box   1 Folder   21	Historical Society
Box   1 Folder   22	2009 April 17
Box   1 Folder   23	Judicial Council
Box   1 Folder   24	Investment Board
Box   1 Folder   25	Health Services/Public Services
Box   1 Folder   26	Circuit Courts
Box   1 Folder   27	2009 April 16
Box   1 Folder   28	Arts Board
Box   1 Folder   29	Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board
Box   1 Folder   30	Budget management
Box   1 Folder   31	Natural Resources (Forests and Parks)
Box   1 Folder   32	Board for People with Developmental Disabilities
Box   1 Folder   33	Government Accountability Board
Box   1 Folder   34	Board Commissioners of Public Lands
Box   1 Folder   35	Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Box   1 Folder   36	Public Service Commission
Box   1 Folder   37	Tourism
Box   1 Folder   38	Board on Aging and Long Term Care
Box   1 Folder   39	Supreme Court
Box   1 Folder   40	Secretary of State
Box   1 Folder   41	Transportation (Department-wide)
Box   1 Folder   42	Transportation (State Patrol)
Box   1 Folder   43	Revenue (Tax Administration)
Box   1 Folder   44	Revenue (Lottery Administration)
	2009-2011 Budget Volume II
Box   1 Folder   45	Department of Natural Resources (Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation)
Box   1 Folder   46	Department of Natural Resources (Department-Wide)
Box   1 Folder   47	Military Affairs
Box   1 Folder   48	State Treasurer
Box   1 Folder   49	Department of Justice Transfers
Box   1 Folder   50-51	2009 April 30
Box   1 Folder   52	Agenda, 2009 April 23
Box   1 Folder   53	Department of Administration (DOA) General Agency Provisions
Box   1 Folder   54	2009 April 29
	2009-2011 Budget Volume III
Box   1 Folder   55	2009 May 12
Box   1 Folder   56	Revenue
Box   1 Folder   57	University of Wisconsin Hospitals
Box   1 Folder   58	Workforce Development
Box   1 Folder   59	Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Box   1 Folder   60	District Attorney
Box   1 Folder   61	2009 May 22
Box   1 Folder   62	Employee Trust Funds
Box   1 Folder   63	Domestic Partnerships
Box   1 Folder   64	University of Wisconsin System
Box   1 Folder   65	Workforce Development prevailing wage
Box   1 Folder   66	Department of Natural Resources, contaminated land
Box   1 Folder   67	Health Services
Box   1 Folder   68	Health Services-Medical Assistance (General)
Box   1 Folder   69	Health Services-Medical Assistance (Foodshare)
Box   1 Folder   70	Health Services-Quality Assurance/Substance Abuse
Box   1 Folder   71	Insurance
Box   1 Folder   72	Department of Justice
	2009-2011 Budget Volume IV
Box   1 Folder   73	Wheeler Report
Box   1 Folder   74	Department of Children and Families
Box   1 Folder   75	Department of Justice
Box   1 Folder   76	Office of Justice Assistance
Box   1 Folder   77	Administration, Division of Gaming
Box   1 Folder   78	Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Box   1 Folder   79	Department of Natural Resources (Water Quality)
Box   1 Folder   80	Fox River Navigation System Authority
Box   1 Folder   81	Assembly Bill 75
Box   1 Folder   82	Public Instruction-General School Aids
Box   1 Folder   83	Employment Relations Commission
Box   2 Folder   1	Public Instruction-Categorical Aids
Box   2 Folder   2	Public Instruction-School District Operations
Box   2 Folder   3	Public Instruction-Choice and Charter
Box   2 Folder   4	Motor Liability Insurance Provisions
Box   2 Folder   5	Budget Management and Compensation Reserves
Box   2 Folder   6	Shared Revenue and Tax Relief
Box   2 Folder   7	Contributory Negligence
Box   2 Folder   8	Building Commission
Box   2 Folder   9	Building Program
Box   2 Folder   10	Program Supplements
Box   2 Folder   11	Health Services-Medical Assistance-Long Term Care
Box   2 Folder   12	Health Services-Medical Assistance-Overview and Base Funding
Box   2 Folder   13	Shared Revenue and Tax Relief-Direct Aid Payments
Box   2 Folder   14	Shared Revenue and Tax Relief-Property Tax Credits
Box   2 Folder   15	Transportation-State Highway Program
	2009-2011 Budget Volume V
Box   2 Folder   16	Transportation
Box   2 Folder   17	Transportation-Local Transportation Aid
Box   2 Folder   18	Transportation-Motor Vehicles
Box   2 Folder   19	Transportation-Finance
Box   2 Folder   20	Corrections
Box   2 Folder   21	Corrections-Sentencing Modifications
Box   2 Folder   22	Corrections-Adult Institutions
Box   2 Folder   23	Corrections-Adult Community Corrections
Box   2 Folder   24	Corrections-Juvenile Corrections
Box   2 Folder   25	General Fund Taxes
Box   2 Folder   26	General Fund Taxes-General Sales and Use Tax
Box   2 Folder   27	General Fund Taxes-Excise Taxes/Tobacco Regulations
Box   2 Folder   28	Children and Families-Economic Support and Child Care
Box   2 Folder   29	Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
Box   2 Folder   30	Shared Revenue and Tax Relief-Local Revenue
Box   2 Folder   31	2011 Budget Adjustment
Box   2 Folder   32	AB 887 Childcare background fix
Box   2 Folder   33-36	AB 462 Childcare licensing
Box   2 Folder   37	ACT 76 Waiver
Box   2 Folder   38	Budget outrage
Box   2 Folder   39	Drug Paraphernalia AB307
Box   2 Folder   40	Communication
Box   2 Folder   41-42	Driver's license legislation
Box   2 Folder   43	Issues
Box   2 Folder   44	DHS Commence, 2011-2013 Budget Process Concerns
Box   2 Folder   45	Family Care
	Film Tax Credits
Box   2 Folder   4	General information
Box   2 Folder   47	News articles
Box   2 Folder   48	Oppose Reform
Box   2 Folder   49	Support and Reform
	Milwaukee School Funding Plan
Box   2 Folder   50	Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   51	General information
Box   2 Folder   52	Legislative Fiscal Year
Box   2 Folder   53	News articles
Box   2 Folder   54	Talking notes
Box   3 Folder   1	Racial profiling data collection
	Regional Transport Authorities (RTA) Volume 1, 2009-2010
Box   3 Folder   2	Correspondence
Box   3 Folder   3	County concerns
Box   3 Folder   4-5	News
Box   3 Folder   6	Parks
	RTA Volume II, 2009-2010
Box   3 Folder   7-9	RTA II
Box   3 Folder   10	Federal Transit Administration
Box   3 Folder   11	Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Box   3 Folder   12	Proposals
Box   3 Folder   13	SB 237 Unhealthy Youth Act
Box   3 Folder   14	School choice expansion
Box   3 Folder   15	SS AB07
Box   3 Folder   16-17	SSSB11
Box   3 Folder   18	Talgo/High speed rail
Box   3 Folder   19	Talgo Trains
Box   3 Folder   20	Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
	Series: Investigations	⇧
Box   3 Folder   21	Wisconsin Shares